Transition Town Bridport (TTB) is organising a meeting on Thursday 5th March at 7.30 in the WI Hall, North Street, Bridport, to explain the new waste management system and to discuss ways to reduce what we throw away. Kirsten Juniper, from Dorset Waste Partnership will give a talk about the rollout of the new DWP recycling system, and how we can reduce waste, talking about campaigns such as Love Food Hate Waste, the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme, and reducing packaging and junk mail.

Far out Theatre are delighted to be venturing to West Compton's delightful St Michael's Church to kick-off their 2015 dram season in their own style. Following on from 2014 s Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the sell-out successes of Rita Sue and Bob Too and Allo Allo , not to even mention January s packed houses to see Cinderella the Far Out Team are bringing their in house skills to bear on the multi award winning God of Carnage by Yasmina Rez in its English translation by Christopher Hampton.

Gypsy Fire Jazz Quartet at Slader's Yard, West Bay on Saturday 21st March 2015. Dinner from 6.30pm. Music 8.00pm. Tickets: £15/£30 with dinner.

Dynamic gypsy jazz band, Gypsy Fire, return to Sladers Yard for a feast of high energy gypsy jazz music. Come for dinner and enjoy some of the most entertaining virtuoso strings playing you are likely to find anywhere.

The Electric Palace, Bridport’s prestigious live entertainment venue, has new owners – a local family from West Dorset.

Under its new manager, Susan Warren, who grew up in West Dorset and went to school in Dorchester, the Electric Palace will continue as a venue for great music, live comedy and film, whilst expanding its range of events for families, children, and older members of the Bridport and West Dorset community.

Bridport Museum areseeking people to help them identify a new and exciting collection of rope and net making machinery as part of their redevelopment plans. The aim to rebuild them and display them in the refurbished museum so visitors can really see how rope and net were made.

You may have heard that we have entered an exciting phase of re-development which has come about as a result of a bequest from the Sanctuary family of the contents of their museum which was formerly located at Uploders. Part of that bequest consisted of some rope and net machinery which had been dismantled and is now in pieces.

If you're a band or artist with original material, who lives within 50 miles radius of Bridport, Dorset and who would love the chance to win the opening slot on the main stage at Jurassic Fields Music Festival plus 10 tickets (worth £250) this is the page for you. www.facebook.com/jurassicbands

Band Battles will consist of 3 rounds, an online application, 2 semi finals and a final.